King, Brian E.

Quantum State Engineering and Information Processing with Trapped Ions

• Full Thesis



• Abstract, Acknowledgments, and Table of Contents
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Ion Trapping and Ion Traps
• Chapter 3. Atomic Structure of ⁹Be⁺ and Interaction with Lasers
• Chapter 4. Apparatus
• Chapter 5. Ground State Laser Cooling
• Chapter 6. Quantum State Engineering of One and Two Ions
• Chapter 7. Quantum Logic with Trapped Ions
• Chapter 8. Reservoir Engineering
• Chapter 9. SU(1,1) Berry's Phase with Trapped Ions
• Bibliography
• Appendix A. Photon Statistics and "Peaking Up" the Experiment
• Appendix B. Matrix Elements
• Appendix C. Mathematical Miscellany for SU(1,1) Berry's Phase
• Appendix D. Glossary of Symbols